On March 22nd, 2023 by Lee Temple
In opening Finance and Biodiversity Day Dec. 14 at the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity meetings in Montreal, also known as COP15, Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Program, welcomed finance industry leaders and declared that the final Global Biodiversity Framework to be agreed to this week must include mechanisms that support […]
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On March 22nd, 2023 by Lee Temple
The indoor built environment plays a critical role in our overall well-being. We spend about 90 percent of our time indoors, and buildings have a unique ability to positively or negatively influence our health. This study was designed to simulate indoor environmental quality conditions in green and conventional buildings and evaluate the impacts on an […]
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On March 22nd, 2023 by Lee Temple
Over the past decade, the US has experienced a succession of monumental climate disasters. Hurricanes have obliterated parts of the Gulf Coast, dumping more than 50in of rain in some places. Wildfires have denuded the California wilderness and destroyed thousands of homes. A once-in-a-millennium drought has dried up rivers and forced farmers to stop planting […]
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On February 16th, 2023 by Lee Temple
The explosion, called a kilonova, created a rapidly expanding fireball of luminous matter before collapsing to form a black hole
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On February 16th, 2023 by Lee Temple
OSLO (Reuters) -Norway's $1.35 trillion wealth fund will step up its engagement with companies over their management of climate risk by voting against board members it deems are not doing enough on the issue, it said on Thursday. Investing the state's revenues from oil and gas production and managed by a unit of Norway's central […]
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On February 16th, 2023 by Lee Temple
A new manifesto calls for building "a sustainable social pact for the 21st century" in which "our rights are guaranteed, not based on our ability to pay, or on whether a system produces profit, but on whether it enables all of us to live well together in peace and equality."
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On January 30th, 2023 by Lee Temple
Banaba in the central Pacific is a microcosm of what has happened to this planet. It’s a place that cannot be brought back into balance without focused and collaborative care
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On January 30th, 2023 by Lee Temple
The violent eruption of Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano injected an unprecedented amount of water directly into the stratosphere — and the vapor will stay there for years, likely affecting the Earth's climate patterns, NASA scientists say.
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On December 26th, 2022 by Lee Temple
The 27th UN climate change conference ended in Egypt on November 20 with a major outcome – a Loss and Damage fund. However, the cover text does not contain any new commitments on emission cuts or the comprehensive phase down of all fossil fuels
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On December 26th, 2022 by Lee Temple
In the north Indian desert town of Jaisalmer, also known as "The Golden City" for its array of yellow sandstone architecture, temperatures can reach approximately 120 degrees Fahrenheit (49 degrees Celsius) at the height of summer.
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